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Chicago, Il, Us

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Rapid Prototype Manufacturing. Restructured the business solidifying one ERP system across the enterprise, establishing a professional team consolidating all functional areas in delivering the sale of the business at nearly 14 times EBITDA.

Mettawa, Il, Us

Team-driven leader with a proven record of results within a chaotic business/political environment with sales of $150M. Responsible for Mercury Marine in South America, growing revenue 28% in two years, with 10 direct reports and 50 team members.■ Increased market share in the outboard segment from 28% to 52% and MerCruiser from 68% to 80%. Consolidated distribution to Santa Catarina from Rio de Janiero and Manaus, cutting the customer cycle time to two days or fewer, while saving $3M in operating costs.■ Completed fact-based market and channel analysis to expand distribution through dealers and boat OEMs.■ Strengthened the service network from 70 to 120 service locations nationwide in Brazil. ■ Constructed a state-of-the-art training center for after-sales service and product training.■ Implemented Microsoft Dynamic as the new enterprise operating system.

Mettawa, Il, Us

P&L responsibility for Mercury and Brunswick Boat Group in excess of $350M in annual revenues. Led the greenfield project in developing the strategy and implementation of the Brunswick Boat Group cruiser manufacturing plant in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and providing capacity to build 600 units of 28-foot to 44-foot cruisers per year.■ Implemented 5S, reducing lost-time accidents by 90% in the Reynosa, Mexico, facility.■ Increased boat unit sales from 250 to 2K units before the market collapse of 2008.■ Restructured sales and service support into sub-regions for greater service and sales penetration.■ Developed the “Dealer of the Future” concept to provide the road map for new investors in the marine industry.■ Narrowed the scope of product offering to bring brand clarity and support with the parent brands.■ Championed the restructuring of Brunswick Corporation worldwide, reducing costs by $280M per year.■ Led the greenfield construction and negotiations for the Brunswick Bowling manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Mexico.

Mettawa, Il, Us

Served as an Executive Team Member and led the organization design, staffing and measurement of the performance of 120 supply-chain professionals across the corporation to achieve annual cost reduction and supplier quality improvement goals. Managed direct and indirect spend in excess of $2.4B.■ Designed, developed and implemented the Lean Six Sigma process for sourcing and supplier quality.■ Established global sourcing offices in Hungary, Mexico and China to service the business units’ global expansion.■ Led the greenfield project in developing the strategy/implementation of the Reynosa, Mexico, boat manufacturing plant for boats from 16 feet to 22 feet. Reached output levels of 51 boats per day by year three of production, utilizing LSS and 5S.■ Led the acquisition of the state-of-the-art fitness equipment manufacturing facility in Kiskoros, Hungary.■ Provided the supply-chain leadership in the construction of the Mercury engine plant in Suzhou, China.

Mettawa, Il, Us

Vice President & General Manager, Igloo Products, Houston, TX, 2000 – 2001Vice President & General Manager, MerCruiser Diesel, 1999 – 2000Vice President, Business Development, Mercury, 1998 – 1999Vice President, Supply Chain, Mercury, 1996 – 1997Director, Supply Chain, MerCruiser, 1993 – 1996

Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us

Responsible for Mercury Marine in South America, growing revenue 28% in two years, with 10 direct reports and 50 team members.

A multinational, privately held corporation with sales of $1B from eight plants and 5K employees, Goss manufactures, markets and services web-offset printing presses for newspaper, commercial and insert customers.■ Recruited by former colleague as VP with P&L accountability to the Board of Directors and the CEO.■ Developed and implemented the global operations strategy, across facilities in China, Europe and the U.S.■ Negotiated a new three-year labor agreement with the United Steelworkers, providing plant-wide flexibility and reducing job classifications from 28 to three.■ Reduced material costs by 15% and total process manufacturing costs by 30%.■ Completely re-staffed the senior management teams at the Reading and Cedar Rapids facilities and completed the rationalization of the two EU facilities.■ Renegotiated bank covenants with the Bank of America while serving as the temporary CFO.■ Developed cross-functional process cost-improvement teams that focused on cycle-time reduction, key quality process improvements, employee safety and material cost reductions.

Heidelberg, De

Managed the manufacturing facility.

Maumee, Ohio, Us

Managed supply chain at Warner Electric Brake & Clutch.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Politcal Science / Law

Executive Study, Advanced Marketing Strategies

Executive Study, Global Strategies

Executive Study, Strategic Leadership